Category Archives: Battles: Sharpsburg

The Bradley brothers at Gettysburg

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Dick Stanley

The Civil War blog Battlefield Back Stories has a poignant tale of the Bradley brothers, John and George, who were killed at Gettysburg. Both had started out in the Winston Guards of Louisville, Mississippi, as had their younger brother, Joseph, … Continue reading →

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Send clothing, food to our soldiers in Virginia

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Dick Stanley

Many a Rebel, including some in the 13th Regiment, had been killed or wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, in Maryland in mid September, 1862, and the survivors, retreating back into Virginia near Winchester had to contend with frosty temperatures … Continue reading →

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Taking a brother home

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Neville Edmonds, captain of the Winston Guards, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg. After much suffering, the 28-year-old lawyer whose family owned 50 slaves, died at Winchester on Oct. 10. Neville’s younger brother, Private James L. Edmonds of … Continue reading →

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The Journey: On to Winchester

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Dick Stanley

On Saturday, Sept. 27, 1862, the 13th marched 13 miles south along the Winchester Turnpike to within a mile of Bunker Hill where they camped. The next day, they moved again, marching 10 miles to camp within 7 miles east … Continue reading →

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Buried on the battlefield

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dick Stanley

In 1906 a book was published in Ohio listing the names and locations of Confederates who were so badly wounded in the Maryland campaign that they were left on the battlefield by their departing comrades. These men subsequently died in … Continue reading →

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Barksdale’s Report on Sharpsburg

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Dick Stanley

HDQRS. BARKSDALE’S BRIGADE, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, Camp Lee, Va., October 12, 1862. Major JAMES M. GOGGIN, Assistant Adjutant-General, McLaws’ Division. MAJOR…We reached…the neighborhood of Sharpsburg, at about 9 o’clock on the morning of the 17th. The battle was then, … Continue reading →

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Night on the battlefield, anxious morning

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dick Stanley

“We slept on the battle field last night,” Private Mike Hubbert of the Minutemen of Attala recorded in his diary Sept. 18, 1862. “It is very horrifying to hear the cries of the wounded who are all around us. The … Continue reading →

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